From Radio Cadena Agramonte

By Sergio Morales *

For those who live in the East of Cuba, the changes in the weather and the global heating are more than scientific articles or common phrases used in international forums because their consequences today are the rude reality of an intense drought.

According to the Cuban expert on meteorology Roger Rivero, the current absence of rainfalls is bigger than ever and it is part of a phenomenon that affects Cuba, the Caribbean, Central America and other regions of the world, and it is

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The Miami Herald reports the following.

MIAMI — President Barack Obama may be trying to reach out to Cuban leaders, but his 2010 budget suggests he isn’t looking to cut the U.S. government’s controversial broadcasts to the island anytime soon.

The president’s budget proposal calls for about $32.5 million for the broadcasts, down only slightly from last year’s budget of $34.8 million, though it does request some retooling: shorter, more frequent TV news segments and an all-news radio format.

That cuts down on the amount of commentary, which critics have said often

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The following from LA Times Blog:

As President Obama’s administration considers lifting the ban on travel to Cuba for Americans (this poll on The Times’ “Opinion L.A.” blog shows sentiment leaning toward lifting the ban), travel companies have started to get on board.
Orbitz, the online travel company, has launched its own “Open Cuba” campaign asking for the travel ban to be lifted.

From the site’s mission statement:

“Orbitz believes that Americans should have the freedom to travel the world, because our journeys lead to cross cultural understanding and stronger ties between

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As of 6pm GMT 33 countries have reported 5728 cases.  Cuba has one.

The LA Times has this interesting piece which describes the eagerness in Mobile and other parts of Alabama to see more trade and travel opportunities opening up.

These days, Lyons, the director of the Alabama State Port Authority, dreams of when the Cuban trade embargo will be fully dismantled. That would mean more barges loaded with even more goods from Alabama.For Mobile, the state’s graceful colonial port of call, it would also mean the revival of a commercial relationship with Havana that is older than the United States.

“They are one of our closest neighbors,

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This from Adelante:

Camagüey City, May 5 (Cuban News Agency) Stock breeders from Camagüey City Municipality are regarded as the most productive of the whole country for the second year in a row; a fact supported by the production of more than two and half million milk liters.

Such a performance saved Cuban economy more than 540 thousand dollars considering the current powdered-milk prices in the world market.

Jimaguayú and Guáimaro municipalities, also in Camagüey province, hold the second and third positions.

State farms

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From Cuba Headlines

Where is the second location of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, current Camagüey City?

Researchers from Camagüey are still unable to resolve an enigma of almost 500 years of existence: the second location of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, current Camagüey City.

Archeologists and other specialists started an exploration in 2008 but they obtained no solid evidence about the place, one of the three stops made by one of the oldest Spanish settlements in the New World.

Different kinds of tests, geophysical methods and terrain superficial inspections have

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Article from Radio Nuevitas

An exceptional balcony which dates back to the 18th century shows its restored image to locals and visitors in Camaguey colonial section, recently proclaimed UNESCO World Heritage Site. This outdoor architectonic element, covered and projected is a quite visible spot in the city’s eldest historic center, a relic that has been declared National Monument. The repair of the facade of this old house closed the first stage of a restoring program that has been conducted by the Office of the Historian of the City (OHCC).

From the Havana Times: Cuba has no reported cases of swine flu and it is well equipped to take effective preventative action.

HAVANA TIMES, April 27 – Cuba’s health and civil defense authorities have announced a series of measures to prevent a possible outbreak of swine flu that is affecting Mexico, the United States, Canada and several European countries.

No cases of swine flu have been reported so far on the island. Over recent years Cuba has developed a system to face possible epidemics after the spread in some countries of bird flu.

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Associated Press (via Yahoo) reports the increasing desire for legal trips to Cuba by all Americans.

HAVANA – Some Americans are eagerly awaiting the moment when they can make legal trips to Cuba despite the U.S. trade and travel embargo — and all it would take is a stroke of President Barack Obama’s pen.

While the U.S. Congress is weighing whether to lift the travel ban altogether, these Americans are hoping for a

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